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JOHN G. nULL, or NEW YORK, NQ Y.

` METHOD F ATTACI-IING TILLERS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 5,786, dated September 19, 1848.

' f To all 'whom t may concern:

Beit'known that I, JOHN G. HULL, of the city and county of New York, State of Newy York, have invented an Improved Mode of Machinery for Preventing Rudder- Heads and Tillers of Vessels from Breaking, also an Improved Tiller; and I do declare that the following is an exact description thereof. v

The nature of my'invention consists of providing an attachment of a tiller to a rud der without mortising or weakening the rudderh'ead and to give a long purchase on i the tiller whereby both are strengthened and to support the tiller with connecting bars from a trussband secured on the rudder from which the'bars pass forward on each side taking their action distant from the rudder and in order to prevent the impulse of a sea from breaking the castings they take their pressure against fixed springs on the tiller. Y

To enable others skilled in art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. (See annexed drawing.)

A represents the head of a rudder to which my apparatus is applied.

E is a trussband with three flanges, one on each side to receive connecting bars C and one on the front or forward side to connect shackle F and to keep the trussband it is Xed with screwbolts at the opening.

B is'the tiller let in and firmly secured to shackle F, which is belted to a flange on the trussband and allowed to work on a center.

G G are side straps secured to the tiller and around the rods or ways.v f f by the slide sockets D D. y

C C are connecting' bars `which are attached to the tiller; They are connected to the shackle F passing throughthe sockets D D which slide on the l'ways f f and to lp'r'event accident from a sudden'impulse of the sea thecompressible springs i i z' z' are placed on the ways toprevent a sudden jerk, wheref by the castings are-not liable to break.. The `castings may be of iron brass or other coinkposition thesprings of india rubber compo ysition or steel.V

VI do not claim the'mode of projecting the tillerin the rudderv by mortise or hole,'or

ther manner of supporting the tiller by'W14 springs applied to the rudder or'turning the p. 5

f 554 Y Y rudder with screws or cogwheels;

What I claim as new and my invention is 1. A mode of attaching the tiller to la solid rudderhead by hooping the same with a trussband to which my tiller is applied and' supported' by two connecting bars, which ytake their effect onkthe tiller by their connection with the sockets'Dl D andsprings fr z' z' z' i ways f f and straps G G on each side,

in same manner and purpose as herein` described. Y

2'. I claim the double action compress, Y

springs on the tiller to prevent any sudden impulse of the sea from breaking the cast-v ings or any part of my apparatus or tiller or any part ofl the steering gear to which it is applied.

JOI-IN G. HULL.

vVitnesses ABRAM C.y HULL, i PETER voN Soos'rnN. 

